PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6960085

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSouth Fork Meadow Calif

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PROJECT 1C073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Ballcon 7
26 June 1957 South Fork Meadow, Calif. 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Passibly Balloon
Locel 9.45 to 10.15 DST Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Wos Aircraft
0 Probably Aireraft
CMT. 27/0545Z AinVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomical
Ys 00 Probably Astronomical
INo Civilian Possioly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not reported 4 to 6 Unknown
SW
D. BRIEF SUMMARY SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Large white lights, twice the size of Probably a/c in formation.
stars, flying in a fo rmation, a nearly
perfect square.
the surrounding mountains and travel-
ing quite fast. Objects faded from
view.
ATIC PORM 3 26 SEP 52)

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UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112-PART I
APPROVED I JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION)
COUNTRY REPORT (LEAVE BLANK)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
UFOB
AREA FROM (Agenicy) Mentone,
United States Forest Service, California
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION
22 July 1957 26 June 1957 Nons
PREPARED BY (OCET) SOURCE
LOREN A. BRUNER, MajOr, _USAF Hq 27th ADIV, Director of Intelligencs
REFERENCES a3 applicabie)
SUMMARY: (Enter concise rummary off teport. Gine rigmifeance in jinal one-sentence puragraph. List incionures at lower left. Begin lezt of report on A F Form 11s-Part I1.)
1 INCLS.
DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR
Cormander, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado
NOTE THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. SO U. S. C.—
31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS F PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION CF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
UNCLASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)
16555O9-1 U.5.GOVERN 1950 -918331

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To: United States Forest Service
Re: Unidentified flyi.g objects
Location: South Fork Mendows
Number: Six (6)
Date: Veunesday, June 26, 1957
Time: Betseen 9: M. and 10:15 P.M.
Directivn: Approxiaately southwest
Description: Bright ligats, elougated auch like a cigar, six in nuaber
than the other five. It was not possible to deternine actual altitude,
hrnce, speed was difiicult to uscertain.
Sighted by:
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